Michael R. H. Swanson
Office: CAS 111
Hours: 9:00-10:00 M, T, Th, F
or by appointment
Phone: 401 254 3230
For Thursday, March 15
READ: in The South, A History,
Chapter 18, "The Redeemers and the New South, 1865-1890 425 - 451
Chapter 19, "A Different South Emerges: Rails, Mills, and Towns" 452 - 485
Don't let yourself get too bogged down in the graphs and charts here, though you need to be able to understand what they are and what they purport to show. You should be able to distinguish between a "Redeemer" and a "Bourbon Democrat," however, and understand what was meant by the "New South Creed."